1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
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The women's 4x400 metres relay event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 1 and 2 August.[1][2]
Medalists
Gold | Patricia Hall Peta-Gaye Gayle Keasha Downer Allison Beckford Jamaica |
Silver | Svetlana Pospelova Olga Mikayeva Olesya Zykina Natalya Nazarova Russia |
Bronze | Mikele Barber Myra Combs Demetria Washington Nakiya Johnson United States |
Results
Final
2 August
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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Jamaica | Patricia Hall Peta-Gaye Gayle Keasha Downer Allison Beckford | 3:32.29 | ||
Russia | Svetlana Pospelova Olga Mikayeva Olesya Zykina Natalya Nazarova | 3:32.35 | ||
United States | Mikele Barber Myra Combs Demetria Washington Nakiya Johnson | 3:32.85 | ||
4 | China | Sun Hong Wei Liu Qifang Lu Minling Li Yulian | 3:37.10 | |
5 | Romania | Otilia Lungu Mihaela Stăncescu Medina Tudor Alina Rîpanu | 3:37.41 | |
6 | Germany | Nadine Weissmann Kerstin Seitz Julia Wollstadt Kristin Götz | 3:37.47 | |
7 | Australia | Kylie Wheeler Sonia Brito Rosemary Hayward Jennifer Marshall | 3:37.60 | |
8 | France | Audrey Rouyer Olivia Abderrhamane Dado Kamissoko Laure Kouassi | 3:39.18 |
Heats
1 August
Heat 1
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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1 | Jamaica | Shellene Williams Sashanie Simpson Patricia Hall Allison Beckford | 3:37.19 | Q |
2 | China | Sun Hong Wei Liu Qifang Lu Minling Li Yulian | 3:37.90 | Q |
3 | Australia | Kylie Wheeler Sonia Brito Rosemary Hayward Jennifer Marshall | 3:38.41 | Q |
4 | Germany | Kerstin Seitz Julia Wollstadt Saskia Dickhaut Nadine Weissmann | 3:39.27 | q |
5 | Croatia | Kristina Perica Suzana Rubin Bozidarka Crncan Helena Janecic | 3:47.48 |
Heat 2
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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1 | United States | Mikele Barber Crystal Cox Demetria Washington Nakiya Johnson | 3:33.16 | Q |
2 | Russia | Svetlana Pospelova Olesya Zykina Olga Mikayeva Natalya Nazarova | 3:37.15 | Q |
3 | Romania | Otilia Lungu Mihaela Stăncescu Medina Tudor Alina Rîpanu | 3:38.40 | Q |
4 | France | Audrey Rouyer Olivia Abderrhamane Dado Kamissoko Laure Kouassi | 3:38.98 | q |
5 | South Africa | Vanessa Becker Stephanie Schoeman Yolandé Neethling Estie Wittstock | 3:39.44 | |
6 | Italy | Sonia Orfei Benedetta Ceccarelli Barbara Bello Alexia Oberstolz | 3:43.26 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.
References
- ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1998 Annecy FRA Jul 28-Aug 2, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 3 December 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
- ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015